Timeline 5

Assignment 5 : The Great Depression and the New Deal

By Lizzzzaay_

  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    • Reality caught up with the stock markets
    • Panic investors sold 16 shoes in a day
    • Many other stocks were sold completey
    • This time period was known as "black tuesday"
    • Investores commited sucide beause they had nothing
    • When the markets collapsed, it was a down turning point for America
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    Assignment 5 : The Great Depression and The New Deal

  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

    • It was passed by congress in 1830
    • It made matters worse for America
    • This act was suppose to protect farmers and manufacteed goods, but it back fired
    • The farmers were unable to sell their goods

  • Emergency baking Relief Act

    Emergency baking Relief Act
    • FDR encouraged them to pass this law
    • Finical hunting were allowed open
    • It began to trust banks again
    • Many people were helped because it allowed them to get money
    • 5 Million dollars went to people that needed it

  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    • It was a recovery for the economy
    • Reform of America's symsetms
    • PDA funds were to build schools and create jobs
    • FDR closed all banks known as a "bank hoilday"

  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    • It created a huge diaster
    • People left their homes and moved t other states
    • Poor land practice created the dust bwl
    • People had to ajust to new living standards
    • The precipitation was too cold and land was plowed up decades before the dust bowl hit

  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act
    • It was signed in 1935 into law by FDR
    • The social security would be paid by a payroll tax
    • It was a major turning point in America's history
    • It didn't favor buisness profits
    • This act also didn't have responsibilty for the welfare if profit was reaped

  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
    • It was to help stop gap measures, intended to buy time
    • Plan for govn't to be a buyer when prices were low
    • It required farmers to plow under crops, plant, and slaughter livestock
    • To enduce the ammount of foods
    • It would boost income who lived on the land

  • The Grapes of Warth

    The Grapes of Warth
    • It was a book written by John Steinbeck
    • It was based off of a family in Philadelphia
    • The book was about human toll of the Dust Bowl -It was the best seller and the debate between dust bowl and migrants

  • New American Dream

    • One that moved on wheels
    • The city was in Detroit which led to the new dream
    • The dream was to drie fast and cut lose
    • It gave a chance to begin again
    • No one in history attracked so many imigrants
    • Jews left their families to come to America

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    • After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, FDR made a speeh that said it was "a date that will live infamy."
    • The strike against America caught them by surprise
    • They bmbed Pearl Harbr and 2,400 American's were dead
    • 188 aircrafts were destroyed
    • It led to WW2 the next day